What would cause this to a cent?
MaineJim
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How would this happen? I'm thinking post mint damage but I can't figure out how it was done. Was a reject coin in sorter.
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Not sure what you are referring to but if you are talking about the side of the memorial,
that is split plating. If it is something else, please elaborate.
Now that the obverse has been posted, that is just PMD. The surface has been removed,
doesn’t really matter how, after it left the mint.
It was caught and spun around on something.
The coin looks, or the color, on the obverse, looks a bit exact.
I'd have reservations about how.
The reverse looks very common, without better pics.
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Cool ?
Damaged beyond belief.
Dryer coin, google it if that term is not familiar.
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It looks exactly like what I would expect would happen if somebody said "I wonder what happens if I just ram a dremel brush on top of a Zincoln, while it was switched on?". And then tested their hypothesis.
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Apparently I have been awarded one DPOTD.
How do you think they got that circle in the middle? I was thinking dremel also but not dryer coin, I've had a few of those. It is the unaffected circle in the middle I was wondering about and how they did that.
Jim
Try and envision this; the coin is trapped between the dryer drum and the back wall of the dryer. As the drum spins it creates the friction to wear down the section that is in contact with the drum while leaving the center of the coin (and the rev) relatively unaffected. While nobody can say for 100% certain if this was intentional or a dryer, I have seen dryer coins that look just like this.
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Dryer coin for sure. Everything you are seeing is damage after striking.